International Korfball Federation


The International Korfball Federation is the governing body of korfball. IKF is responsible for the organisation of korfball's major international tournaments, notably the IKF World Korfball Championship.
The IKF was founded on 11 June 1933 in Antwerp, Belgium as a continuation of the International Korfball Bureau established in 1924 by the Dutch and Belgian Associations. The headquarters is in Zeist, Netherlands. The IKF is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993 and is affiliated to SportAccord, the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations and the International World Games Association.
The IKF aims to spread korfball around the globe and increase the level of play in the affiliated countries. The IKF has currently 69 member countries. It provides the affiliated countries via five Continental Confederations with financial, material and structural support to achieve the goals. It has established a network of contacts in many countries and is constantly expanding this network. IKF actively promotes the game by transferring knowledge internationally by exchange programs and inviting selected korfball players, coaches and administrators to its training courses in order to assist in the creation of a stable local organization and structure in all the affiliated countries.

Structure

The IKF has 69 members at the moment. They are divided over five continental confederations for Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceanian. In 2018 the latest member to join was Thailand.

Presidents

The IKF has had six presidents until now. All six have been from the Netherlands.
StartEndNameNationality
19331946Nico Broekhuijsen Netherlands
19461954S.A. Wilson Netherlands
19541964H.J. Venema Netherlands
19641981Herman Duns Netherlands
19811988Jo Roosenschoon Netherlands
19882003Bob de Die Netherlands
2003Jan Fransoo Netherlands

Council

The Council of the IKF consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Senior Vice-President, three other members of the Executive Committee and up to five Continental Vice-Presidents.
Council MemberPositionCountry
Jan FransooPresident Netherlands
Bjorn ElewautExecutive Committee Member Belgium
Danielle RutsSenior Vice-President Belgium
Gert DijkstraSpecial Delegate for Competitions Netherlands
Anita DerksExecutive Committee Member Netherlands
Joana FariaSecretary General Portugal
Kevin AllenExecutive Committee Member England
Chris TheyseContinental Vice-President, Africa South Africa
Ying-Che HuangContinental Vice-President, Asia Chinese Taipei
Tim MillerContinental Vice-President, Oceania Australia
VacantContinental Vice-President, Europe Europe

IKF structured tournaments

National team tournaments